[Year 12 IPM] I'm leaping into the VoIP

[Zach Alexakos]

You won't now that Telstra's been sold- Say hello to timed local calls.

Zach Alexakos

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <fiona at balmoralhs.vic.edu.au>
To: <ipm at edulists.com.au>
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Year 12 IPM] I'm leaping into the VoIP


as someone who can only get ISDN this sounds like being able to raid the 
cookie jar whenever you want!!

Fiona Bain, Balmoral
Out in the sticks, who doesn't and, by the looks of things, will never know 
the meaning of broadband, cable and other fun stuff.


Mark Kelly <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au> on Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:42:28 +1000 
wrote:
> Dear all
>
> I'm taking the plunge and cashing in my Optus home landline for a VoIP
> phone account.  (Since I have cable internet, I don't need to keep my
> existing landline as ADSL users have to do.)
>
> I'm going for the ATA with DID - the ATA [Analogue Telephone Adaptor] is
> a $120 black box that connects my existing phone to my router and the
> internet.
>
> The DID [Direct Inward Dial] is a virtual phone number that lets me call
> real [PSTN] phones anywhere in the world and receive calls from real
> phones from anywhere.
>
> Alas, I can't keep my existing PSTN phone number  :-(
>
> All calls [even STD] within Oz are 10c (untimed) and international calls
> are about 33% or less of Telstra/Optus.  Monthly subscription is $10
> (half of what Optus asks).
>
> If you want a risk-free trial, you can get free VoIP using software and
> headset/mikes but you can only talk to other people using the same
> software if they're currently on the internet - you can't call normal
> phones or get called by them.
>
> I'll let you know how it goes.
>
> -- 
> Mark Kelly
> Actively on Holiday from being
> Manager - Information Systems
> McKinnon Secondary College
>
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